Social Works – I’ll Drink To That

I just wanted to share a great post from Katie over at socialmedialand.net – She gives some great examples of how local businesses in the Tempe area are utilizing social (twitter in particular) to get people in the door, while providing value to their users and followers. One local bar does discounts on cover charges…

Shared Items – May 18, 2009

Best articles, photos, and general signs of cool from my Google Reader Feeds Measuring Social Media ROI: A Case Study (Plus: Tweet to Beat Winners) May 11, 2009 20050204Proof_that_Girls_are_Evil.jpg (JPEG Image, 426×469 pixels) May 10, 2009 on my fridge. 🙂 on TwitPic May 10, 2009

The Cost of Buying American

A friend of mine turned me on to the shopping experience at 24hourwristbands.com.  They make all those silicone bands that say ‘Live Strong’ or ‘Support the Troops’ or ‘insert your cause here’.  But its not that the wristbands themselves that got me excited. As you complete your order, you are asked if you would like…

What Are You Working On?

Its been a very hectic couple of weeks for me with tons of projects at work as well as outside of work.  Lots of things that just need to get done.  Gardens to be planted, trying to get my record mastered, and of course get some blogging done.  That’s just the tip of the iceberg. …

Shared Items – May 11, 2009

Best articles, photos, and general signs of cool from my Google Reader Feeds The Houdini technique May 6, 2009 Two halves of the value fraction May 9, 2009 Sorry, Can’t Blog. Too Busy. May 1, 2009 Five reasons why your company blog sucks April 30, 2009 Leaving Your Mark April 20, 2009

Are You Worth Following?

I was very fortunate to have one of my posts picked up by the popular blog Twitip last week. In case you’re wondering, the post was giving users 10 Ways to Be Useful on Twitter. The post got mostly a warm response and was retweeted over 1,500 times, which made me feel like I provided…